{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-and-dairies-and-milk-special-designation-charges-regulations-1987/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-and-dairies-and-milk-special-designation-charges-regulations-1987/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/212",
  "legislation_title": "The Milk and Dairies and Milk (Special Designation) (Charges) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-and-dairies-and-milk-special-designation-charges-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Food Act 1984;\n“the Board” means the Milk Marketing Board for England and Wales established under the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958;\n“cow” means a cow kept for milking purposes whether dry or in milk but does not include a heifer which has never calved;\n“dairy farm visit” includes any visit to a registered dairy farm by an inspector or authorised officer of the Minister for the purpose of ascertaining whether the principal Regulations are being complied with;\n“the Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, acting jointly;\n“the principal Regulations” means the Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations 1959 and the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations 1986;\n“registered dairy farm” means a farm registered under regulation 6 of the Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations 1959;\n“registered dairy farmer” means a person registered under regulation 6 of the Milk and Dairies (General) Regulations 1959;\n“served” means served in accordance with section 125 of the Act.\n(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or to a schedule shall, unless the reference is to a regulation of, or schedule to, specified Regulations, be construed as a reference to the regulation so numbered in or to the schedule to these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1958 c. 47."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1959/277, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1973/1064, 1977/171, 1979/1567."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/723."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/212/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:32:42.789958+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}